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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of chronic carbamazepine on cocaine-kindled seizures and behavioral sensitization were examined in this study. Rats were fed a diet containing carbamazepine or no drug and then repeatedly administered cocaine (40 and 50 mg/kg intraperitoneally [IP] [117.6 and 147.0 mumol/kg, respectively]). Carbamazepine markedly decreased the development of cocaine-kindled seizures and their associated lethality, but did not affect the development of sensitization of behavioral stereotypies. Carbamazepine consistently decreased the peak stereotypy ratings at the 40 mg/kg but not 50 mg/kg dose. In a 2-day sensitization paradigm chronic carbamazepine did not affect acute cocaine-induced hyperactivity (day 1; 40 mg/kg), nor did it affect sensitization to a low dose challenge of cocaine (day 2; 10 mg/kg [29.4 mumol/kg]). Sensitization of stereotypy and locomotor activity are thought to be related to the psychomotor stimulant properties of cocaine, while seizures may be associated with cocaine's local anesthetic effects. Our data suggest that carbamazepine is inhibiting mechanisms associated with local anesthetic kindling and only minimally affecting the psychomotor stimulant effects of cocaine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0893-133X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
273-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Carbamazepine retards the development of cocaine-kindled seizures but not sensitization to cocaine-induced hyperactivity.
pubmed:affiliation
Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article